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Oct 31 2007, 12:02 am

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Personal Statement

I am Annette Foat. I am a fine artist. I was Born and raised in the Mid West. I studied in Milwaukee and Minneapolis and have a BFA degree from The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. I studied with Paul Caster, Waldeman Dynerman, Pat Beilman, Polly Ewens, and Ron Bitticks.

This series of paintings is called "modern man is in search of his soul".
My paintings are about color, light, and the figure.
I'm trying to bring all the pictorial complexities down to a very basic cognitive thing.
The figure is broken down to the most simplest form and becomes very abstruse when it interplays with the effect of light and shadows.
The space is as minimal as the figure and thus we become aware of the play of two and three dimensional space.
Color acts as both space and light.
I am reluctant to clearly define the figure because I'm more interested in the light that transcends us or that is within us.
I think we try to look beyond the rational and intellectual for something that defies all our expectations.
In our soul searching we hope to find something that defines us or unites us.
This is my poetic interpretation.

Biography

1991: Graduated from MIAD with a BFA degree.

1991: Lakefront Festival of the Arts group show "Honorable Mention"

1992: Charles Allis Art Museum/New professional show "Best of show"

1995: Frederick Layton Gallery/Alumni Exhibition

1997: The League of Milwaukee Artists Summer Showing/Old Toll Road Village

1999: Brewmeisters Trading Post/Port Washington Art Walk

2000: Brewmeister Trading Post/Port Washington Art Walk

2000: Harry Schwartz Bookstore, Mequon /solo show

2005: Grava Gallery, Milwaukee/gallery night/solo show

2005: H2O/Soups On Gallery Milwaukee

2006: Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, Wi

2007: Art*Bar Riverwest 'Mini Show' Milwaukee

2008: cyberspace galleries

Resume / Stats / Websites

www.sell-arts.com/user/annettefoat.html

www.getartexposed.com/artist/Annette%20Foat

www.artbreak/annettefoat

www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/annettefoat

www.cedarlodgeportraitstudio.com

Other Interests

I enjoy photography,fishing,hunting,and skiing.

Artists that have had an impact on me:

Brice Marden, Robert Henri for his art spirit Malcolm T. Liepke and Ernest Hemingway.

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taskzeno
Jun 14 2008, 4:57 pm

amena
Dec 29 2007, 11:46 am Hi, Thank you so much for your comment. I did get influenced by cubisst work, especially that of Picasso, when I first started working. I have yet to define a style for myself however, and still paint and draw in the form of multiple personalities! I find some of your work very interesting. Do you exhibit often?

chinaaliciarivera
Dec 10 2007, 4:23 pm Beautiful free movement in your artwork. In that movement all kinds of thoughts and creations come into being. Peace and Love - China

lifelites
Dec 08 2007, 3:53 am these are simply wonderful, luscious images. they make me want to dive into the colors and splash about! terrific work! namaste, Kristen

Will
Dec 07 2007, 6:44 am Hi MILwaukee Lady, Great works, great color, thanks for the friend request and yup you are added. Will :)

crazycasey
Dec 07 2007, 1:10 am Looking at your colors makes me hungry to break out some paint as well. It's the kind of thing that I look at and say "Oh, I can do that," and I know that I really can't, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to try. Very cool.

Rob2tall
Nov 08 2007, 10:42 am I have to agree taht if it is some serious issue, unless money is crowding your bank accout and you have no more room for it, put the Rebel on a shelf,and buy a new 35mm film camera,a newer Canon.You ought to be able to get a top end Canon film camera fairly cheap.Start shooting all the films you never played with, or thought about but avoided. Kodak IR, or High contrast Copy asa 32 in Black n White, thats a real interesting film. Fuji & Agfa film are great films to play with. Fuji excells at illustrating the green and blue color spectrums, and Agfa- the reds and browns as well as black colors in all the shades of gray. So-Use film as fast as you can afford to process it. I still have old film that needs to go to kodak,lol from 2 years ago. Its just fine as it ages in the dark. Dont quit-you have a passion-dont just follow any trend. I still have my pro Nikons loaded with film. Those that are still serious about photography-will still shoot film as an art form.Just take exceptional care of your slides and negatives. And if you are shooting-use slide film. Rob

Rob2tall
Nov 07 2007, 11:21 pm I work with mostly a sony handcam today, though I own a fleet of Nikon film cameras,a pro F90S with MB12 motordrive,SB 28 flash, and 2 other back up Nikons,and 55 mm mirco-nikkor, 17mm,28-80mm,80-200mm,170-500m, 50 mm, auto bellows outfit for super macro..But they are presently collecting dust,as i wait for Nikon to catch up with Canon in its full frame digital race. Not to worry-you can still buy high end digital and film cameras.But todays high end almost surpass high end film.I will say that film still beats digital-though my photo teacher says nope-film is out. I will say that film in my view still outperforms digital by a mile-but its so darn pricey. I have shot over 9700 pictures in my Sony in 3 years,a majority are usable.Maybe 300 a trash.Vs film, so its a close race.Probably take far too many pictures as it is,lol.can never use em all,and I donate hundreds to hospitals, and create slide shows for free, that patients can view as they wait, I want to reach as many as I can-and its good karma. I have not entered the vast contest thing yet-far too busy and poor.I am running out of time, I can sense it. Film will fade away as chemicals become illegal to use. Digital will rule,but not today-its just handy,and environmentally safer than film. So-in our quest to save the world-one step at a time-kiss film goodbye over time. Confused yet? LOL...Yes-eventually digital will surpass film, maybe in 10 years. Glad you like my work. I enjoy yours also... Rob

Tainted
Nov 01 2007, 11:07 pm welcome to 723 :)

corqmaker
Oct 31 2007, 10:17 am welcome to the community

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